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Building Products
USGBC and IWBI unveil streamlined certification pathway for LEED and WELL green building programs
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) released a streamlined process for projects pursuing certifications for the LEED green building rating system and the WELL Building Standard.
The new...
Architecture
Credai ties up with IGBC to help realtors in development of green buildings
Realtors' apex body Credai on Saturday said it has partnered Indian Green Building Council to facilitate its members to develop certified environmental-friendly housing projects.
The association has pledged the development of 1,000 green-certified projects in the next two years and...
Building Products
First Dip In US Building Material Costs Y-O-Y Since Aug 2020
Construction input prices, or the cost of developing a given project in the US, declined for the first time in more than 18 months compared to the previous year, but remained 39% higher than in February 2020, when the...
Infrastructure
The State of Construction In Spain And The Hurdles Ahead
Even though S&P Global Market Insights has moved past the prospect of Spain going through a shallow recession across the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of 2023, the expenditure breakdown for the fourth quarter looked...
Building Products
4% Italian Cement Output Increase Recorded In January 2023
In good news coming in from Italy, the cement production there has seen an increase of 4% year-over-year in January 2023, as per Federbeton, the country’s construction chamber. As compared to the 2015 base index production, the value had...
Civil Engineering
Europe Modifying Building Codes To Cut Carbon Emissions
CO2 emissions from construction have indeed hit a new scale, thereby leaving the sector off track when it comes to decarbonizing by 2050, as per a recent UN report.
However, there are a small but reasonable number of countries that...
Infrastructure
Rail Link Deal To Enhance Trade Ties Between Iraq And Iran
Mehdi Hasan Safari, the Iranian Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy, has confirmed that the Iraqi government has, for the very first time, assigned a budget for a key railway project that would link the country’s southern port of Basra...
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